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 5000 Words Level 1 - 3 - Matching Quizzes
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negotiable  Speak Example sentences
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shallow notch, cut, or indentation on an edge or a surface; an exact point or critical moment
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stir to anger; give rise to; stir to action or feeling
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moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary; commonplace
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capable of being negotiated; transferable by assignment or endorsement to another person
omen  Speak Example sentences
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legendary sea creature having the head and upper body of a woman and the tail of a fish
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any indication or action regarded as a foreshowing; phenomenon supposed to portend good or evil
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having a buoyant or self-confident air; briskly cheerful; lively or enthusiastic
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stir to anger; give rise to; stir to action or feeling
owl  Speak Example sentences
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the pain of a guilty conscience; feeling of deep regret
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any species of raptorial birds of the family Strigidae
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song to quiet babes or lull them to sleep
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blow; drive forcibly; pierce; hit with a sharp blow of the fist
packed  Speak Example sentences
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incentive; psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal
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walk lamely, especially with irregularity, as if favoring one leg; move or proceed haltingly or unsteadily
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express or to feel grief or sorrow; grieve; be sorrowful
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crowded to capacity; compressed
pan  Speak Example sentences
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persistently annoying person; an organism that injures livestock or crops
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criticize harshly; wash in pan; cook in pan
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act or an instance of buying; something bought
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robber on seas; one who by open violence takes the property of another on seas
perky  Speak Example sentences
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fruit flesh;  any soft or soggy mass
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blow; drive forcibly; pierce; hit with a sharp blow of the fist
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owning or mastering something; calm; collected; obsessed
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having a buoyant or self-confident air; briskly cheerful; lively or enthusiastic
pest  Speak Example sentences
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any liquid, like water, milk, blood, sap, juice; alcoholic or spirituous fluid
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blow; drive forcibly; pierce; hit with a sharp blow of the fist
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absorbed in thought; engrossed; excessively concerned with something; formerly occupied
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persistently annoying person; an organism that injures livestock or crops
pirate  Speak Example sentences
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robber on seas; one who by open violence takes the property of another on seas
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the answer of god; communications, revelations, or messages delivered by God to the prophets
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moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary; commonplace
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first public performance, as of a movie or play; premier
pneumonia  Speak Example sentences
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blow; drive forcibly; pierce; hit with a sharp blow of the fist
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enormous; colossal; consisting of great mass; containing a great quantity of matter
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inflammation of the lungs
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tendency to expect the best possible outcome; belief that the universe is improving and good will win over evil
poke  Speak Example sentences
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offensive to accepted standards of decency or modesty; repulsive; disgusting
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push at, as with a finger or an arm; search or look curiously; proceed slowly or lazily; thrust forward
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not genuine or sincere; feigned; supposed; alleged
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transferring property title as security for the repayment of a loan